Skirt-marker.



E. A. HAVEN S.

SKIRT MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1913.

PatentedOct. 28, 1913.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS nomocs.

'UNHED srArEs PATENT ormon.

EMILY ANNA I-IAVENFS, or wrrrrn f'nhr'ivs, NEW YORK."

SKIRT-MARKER... I

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILY A. HAVENS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Vhite Plains, in the county of Test-v chester and State ofNew York, have invented anew and Improved SkirtMarker, of which thefollowing is 'a full, clear, and exact description.

. This invention relates to measuring instruments and has specialreference to appliances for use by dressmakers or others for determiningthe pro-per length or swing of a skirt.

Among the objects of the invention is to simplify and improve this classof devices whereby the device may be accurately adjusted according tothe length of the skirt desired, and when so adjusted will remain in afixed position until the operation is completed.

A further object of the invention is to improve the general constructionwhereby the several parts of the apparatus may be folded into a smallcompass when not in use and therefore may be conveniently carried orpacked away.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter bemore fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forminga part of this specification in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure l isa perspective view of the device indicating its position when in use;Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a partial plan view;and Fig. 1 is a vertical section substantially on the line l4 of Fig. 1.

The several parts of the device may be made of any suitable materials,and the relative sizes and proportions thereof may be varied to aconsiderable extent without departing from the spirit of the inventionhereinafter claimed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the device includes a basecomprising a plate 10 shown in the form of a disk upon which the personwhose skirt is being fitted is suppo-sedto stand. A pair of horizontalbars 11 are pivoted together preferably at the center of the plate 10 bymeans of a pivot 12. To the outer ends of the bars 11 are hinged as manygages 13 which are adapted to project vertically when in use or whichmay be swung around so as to fold upon the respective bars when thedevice is out of'use. Said gages are preferably provided withgraduations extending from the floor upwardly so as to indicate thedesired clearance'between the skirt and the fioor. An annulus 14 of asize to be conveniently Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

received within the bottom of the skirt is of so clamping the annulus inelevated poi sition. ,,As shown, I provide the annulus with aseries ofslots 15 through which the several gages extend, and adjacent each slot1s a clamp comprising fixed members 16 and 17 and a set screw 18operative through'the member 17, forcing the gage snugly against theopposite member lfi. Each gage 13 resting squarely upon the floor. atone end and r the annulus secured to'the gage at a definite elevationwill insure that with the annulus adjusted to all of the gages alike,the length of the skirt will beaccurately determined. It will be noted,furthermore, that with the person being fitted standing upon the plate10, it will be impossible for any part of the device to be tilted orotherwise thrown out of proper position while the operation is beingmade.

The person occupying the position indicated, the skirt to be fittedhaving been attached properly at the waistline will be draped down uponthe outside of the annulus 14. Any person, then, either skilled orunskilled in the dressmaking art, will mark upon the skirt by a piece ofchalk, the rim of the annulus which will indicate the height of theskirt desired. The skirt may then be turned up and finished in anobvious manner according to the chalk mark.

The annulus may be made of one piece or it may be hinged as indicated at19 so that it may be folded into substantially one-half the size itwould occupy if unitary. The plate 10 may have any desired relation onits lower surface to the bars 11 with respect to locking them in fixedposition when the device is in operation; that is to say, the said barsmay swing freely around the central pivot 12 so as to bring them intoapproximately parallel relation to each other for storage purposes, butto increase the stability of the device when in use I provide the platewith recesses 20 which will receive the bars snugly and prevent rotationof any part when the plate is being stood upon. In order to provide,therefore,

' for the desired rotation, the pivot 12 may bars. a series or 'a es hin'ed to the outer I b D t:

ends of the bars, said gages being adapted to extend vertically from thebars or to be swung around and folded upon said bars, an annuluscooperating with said gages when the gages are vertical, and means toadjustably secure the annulus in fixed position with respect to theseveral gages.

2. In a skirt marker, the combination of a base comprising a plate and aplurality of bars pivoted together and to Said plate, said barsextending horizontally outward from said plate, a series of gagesextending upwardly from the outer ends of said bars, said bars and gagesbeing adapted to swing around the center of the plate for storagepurposes, a skirt engaging annulus adjust able vertically along saidgages, and a series of clamps adapted to secure the annulus at thedesired elevation with respect to the base.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMILY ANNA HAVENS.

l Vitnesses AGNES I. WRIGHT, E. Mann HOL'rsLANDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

